They have 45 minutes to write each story based on a word, phrase or idea given at the round’s beginning.
Students who scored in the top 50 percent and winners of best of round awards advance to regional competition March 13 at Wittenberg University in Springfield.
Regional qualifiers advance to the state final May 20-21 at the College of Wooster.
Here are the winners:
Seventh-grade team winners
1. Magsig Middle School, Centerville
2. Oakwood Junior High School
3. St. Charles Borromeo School, Kettering
4. Kettering Middle School
Eighth-grade team winners
1. Magsig Middle School
2. West Carrollton Middle School
3. St. Charles Borromeo School
4. St. Christopher School, Vandalia
Seventh-grade individual winners
1. Erin Donnely, Oakwood Junior High School
2. Laura Chase, Oakwood Junior High School
3. Ashley Huffman, St. Christopher School
4. Brittany Catallo, Magsig Middle School
5. Emma Shibley, Magsig Middle School
6. Tim Gregory, St. Charles Borromeo School
7. Ishwarya Ravichandran, Magsig Middle School
8. Rachel Gaines, Kettering Middle School
9. Michelle Gregg, St. Charles Borromeo School
10. Ashley Laurent, Kettering Middle School
11. Meghan Rupper, St. Charles Borromeo School
12. Emily Gray, Oakwood Junior High School
Eighth-grade individual winners
1. Daniel Grigg, St. Charles Borromeo School
2. Megan Cleary, Oakwood Junior High School
3. Emily Williams, St. Christopher School
4. Brooke Miles, Kettering Middle School
5. Madison Eblen, Magsig Middle School
6. Eric Roytman, Magisg Middle School
7. Sydney Kay, Magsig Middle School
8. Kristin Philpot, Valley View Middle School, Germantown
9. Kristin Stollger, West Carrollton Middle School
10. Sabrina Kettler, Kettering Middle School
11. Anna Schlegel, Ascension School, Kettering
12. Samantha Burbank, West Carrollton Middle School
Seventh-grade best of round winners
Rounds 1, 2: Brittany Catallo, Magsig Middle School
Round 3: Erin Donnely, Oakwood Junior High School
Eighth-grade best of round winners
Round 1: Brooke Miles, Kettering Middle School
Round 2:Daniel Grigg, St. Charles Borromeo
Round 3:Madison Eblen, Magsig Middle School